Ken Tumin founded the Bank Deals Blog in 2005 and has been passionately covering the best deposit deals ever since. He is frequently referenced by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications as a top expert, but he is first and foremost a fellow deal seeker and member of the wonderful community of savers that frequents DepositAccounts.

On Friday SFGI Direct increased the rate on its Savings Account by 20 bps to 2.27% APY. While the 2.27% APY applies to all balances of $1+, the account must be opened with a minimum deposit of $500.

SFGI Direct’s last rate increase was on November 5th. In the last year, SFGI Direct’s rate hikes have been gradual with increases between 5 and 20 bps. The rate hikes began in June 2017 when the rate...

Less than three months ago, earn.bank made its debut in the internet banking world, offering a Money Market Account (MMA) and two CDs. The MMA offered an initial (and respectable) 2.02% APY on all balances. Within one month, the rate jumped to 2.31% APY, securing a place as the top-rated nationally available money market account. As of today, the MMA now earns 2.41% APY on all balances and is...

This morning, Ally Bank increased the rate of its Online Savings Account (OSA) by 20 basis points to 2.20% APY. Ally’s IRA Online Savings Account also had this same rate hike. The 2.20% APY is effective as of 1/17/2019. These were the only rate hikes at Ally Bank today.

Payback Time Promotion Earnings Emails

Yesterday, Ally Bank notified customers who participated in the Payback Time promotion of the bonus they earned. Here’s...

This is another reminder that this is my new version of the weekly summary with the Fed review split off on a separate blog post. My weekly summaries will now be focused entirely on deposit rates and deals. This change was done to separate the economic and political discussion from the deal discussion. Often economic discussion leads to political discussion, and that can create lots of comments which drown out comments on deals and rates. Please keep all discussion about the Fed, the economy and politics to my Fed/Economy review...

Nowadays, saving money in an account at many big banks is just about as useful as stashing it under your mattress if you’re looking to earn returns. Not only have rates on deposit accounts at traditional banks barely budged in the last few years — despite a wave of rate hikes from the Fed — but they often penalize customers with fees for everything from carrying a balance under a certain amount or daring to use an out-of-network ATM.

Citizens Bank (RI) unveiled its new internet division, Citizens Access, in July 2018. The new bank's Online Savings Account offered an initial 2.00% APY on balances of $5k and above; balances below $5k earned 0.25% APY. Two rate increases in September and October added a total of 25 bps, although the lower rate tier remained static.

Since October’s increase, the Online Savings Account rate hasn’t changed until this morning: the new rate...

Deal Summary: Savings Account, 2.25% APY on all balances up to $5 million.

Availability: Nationwide (internet bank)

The latest institution to increase the rate on a savings account is Live Oak Bank, which added 15 bps to its Savings Account (2.25% APY) yesterday. With no minimum opening deposit requirement or minimum balance requirement, the 2.25% APY applies to all balances up to $5 million.

Throughout 2017 and for first part of 2018, the Savings Account APY was within reach of the rate leaders, but that scenario has changed....

It’s been six months since Salem Five Direct last raised the rate on its eOne Savings account. At that time, the eOne Savings' 2.05% APY was a rate leader for nationally available savings account. As of today, the eOne Savings account earns 2.30% APY on all balances up to $1 million, but the 2.30% APY falls short of be a rate leader. FYI...

This is my new weekly summary with the Fed review split off on a separate blog post. My weekly summaries will now be focused entirely on deposit rates and deals. This change was done to separate the economic and political discussion from the deal discussion. Often economic discussion leads to political discussion, and that can create lots of comments which drown out comments on deals and rates. Please keep all discussion about the Fed, the economy and politics to my Fed/Economy review blog post. Please use the comments of this...